Pal Spheres..

[PaulKrawitz]

I thought Nintento told them to get rid of the spheres... but the pal spheres are still in the game...

Did Nintendo change their mind?

[Suzaku]

The case is still ongoing. For now, the "solution" is to remove the ability to release pals from their confines by throwing the containment device. Having them simply appear near the player's side is good enough to avoid legal issues.

[PaulKrawitz]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

The case is still ongoing. For now, the "solution" is to remove the ability to release pals from their confines by throwing the containment device. Having them simply appear near the player's side is good enough to avoid legal issues.

But... how does one catch them without throwing?

[Suzaku]

Catching them by throwing a containment device at them is acceptable, and so we still can. The issue is releasing them from it.

[Morion]

Throwing to catch is harder to "patent" successfully as you can throw like net on real animals. It isnt something that Nintendo Created.

[Celator]

The patents don't have anything to do with the spheres. Also the case isn't settled yet so Nintendo can't make them do anything.

[Xaelon]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

But... how does one catch them without throwing?

Carefully.

*cough* Anyway......

To give you a serious answer: probably some form of matter to energy transmutation or teleportation.

The game doesn't really explain how the spheres work but we can kinda guess based on what else is possible to do with Pals.

To start you can stick them in the "Pal Compressor" (or whatever it was called) and somehow infuse them into their brethren.

You can also use some kind of magitech computer (the Pal Box) to store or retrieve them and their spheres.

It's also not physically possible for any Pal to fit inside a sphere, so the sphere has to be doing something to the Pal's physical body. I think its either sending it somewhere else or it's turning it into something else that can be stored in a much smaller space ie: energy or maybe data.

If what we send out of the sphere isn't the Pal's actual body, but rather a copy of some kind it would explain why they can come back after death. The respawn timer is likely some kind of safeguard, either because of the energy required or due to the strain it puts on the Pal's original body.

Given the amount of "Lost Technology" present on the islands it wouldn't surprise me if the Pals themselves were some sort of artificial life that the ancients created. As such other things like spheres and the Pal Box were made to work with them, thus allowing pals to be stored in ways that are impossible for normal animals. Pals can also subsist on any kind of food, regardless of if a similar animal would eat meat or plants, further separating them from natural life.

So how do you capture a Pal without throwing the sphere at them? By zapping them with a magic flashlight that turns them into an energy pattern that can then be reproduced at will via ancient tech no one understands.

[PaulKrawitz]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Catching them by throwing a containment device at them is acceptable, and so we still can. The issue is releasing them from it.

Doesn't Nintendo have a patent on throwing a round shape to catch something?

I believe I saw something.

[Suzaku]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Catching them by throwing a containment device at them is acceptable, and so we still can. The issue is releasing them from it.

Doesn't Nintendo have a patent on throwing a round shape to catch something?

I believe I saw something.

https://youtu.be/c4ZZx4wiofw
https://youtu.be/EKFUr1867U0

[PaulKrawitz]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

Doesn't Nintendo have a patent on throwing a round shape to catch something?

I believe I saw something.

https://youtu.be/c4ZZx4wiofw
https://youtu.be/EKFUr1867U0

Huh... well... let's see how it'll end.

[The Pumpkin King 2021]

They could just change the ball to a net instead for catching Pals if things don't work out unless that has a patent on it also lol. Anyway I think these laws that Palworld is being sued for take place in japan only which both company are located in sadly.

[PaulKrawitz]

Originally posted by The Pumpkin King 2021:

They could just change the ball to a net instead for catching Pals if things don't work out unless that has a patent on it also lol. Anyway I think these laws that Palworld is being sued for take place in japan only which both company are located in sadly.

A net launcher device would be a great idea.

Weighted down by metal balls.

[Necro-Drake]

People were throwing out a "PalGun" to catch and send out the pals. 100% think thats a cool idea and wish the game would implement it.

[Nitro Toxico]

Originally posted by Morion:

Throwing to catch is harder to "patent" successfully as you can throw like net on real animals. It isnt something that Nintendo Created.

But it is something they patented out of nowhere when PocketPair joined up with Sony.

I would say they cheating with making patents just to be able to shut down someone out of anger, but seeing that Nintendo has a bad history with Sony, its no wonder why they did the patent in the first place.

[VulpesFulguralis]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

But it is something they patented out of nowhere when PocketPair joined up with Sony.

Yep. Patent trolling because they see too many similarities between Game Freak an Pocket Pair to risk their arch nemesis getting their own Game Freak. That said i'm still worried Sony will cause more problems for Pocket Pair than they solve.

[mister_lobos]

honestly the whole thing is stupid, and makes nintendo look bad to a lot of us...
it's not like they invented any of this, other games (and real life) had capturing creatures well before pokemon.. i would say they could have used something other then spheres so it would be less compared to pokemon, but that's so minor and hardly worth a lawsuit.

maybe nintendo should go after the NBA for using balls too.. and also mario once played basketball, so real basketball is obviously copying them. (sarcasm of course)